Category: Fiber Optic News

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited’s (PTCL) network has been upgraded to enable transmission of 100G which would eventually benefit all of its subscribers nationwide with high-speed connectivity. The optical networks have been upgraded by Nokia Photonic Service Engine Chipset. In order to enhance the capacity and speed of PTCL’s optical network for both domestic and international traffic, Nokia has deployed 100G…

Uzbektelecom JSC (Uzbektelecom) plans to modernize its nationwide optical fiber networks in order to enhance the transmission capacities. The contact has been finalized with the Japan-based Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho) and NEC Corporation. The opitcal fiber network updgradatin work will be carried out using the funds provided by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Nippon Export and Investment…

The 16th edition of FTTH Council Europe Conference will begin soon in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The event organized by the FTTH Council Europe is one of the most active chapters of FTTH Councils The event attracts more than 3,000 visitors from around 96 countries. Event date: From 12 March to 14 March March 12: Workshops March 13 and 14: Seminars,…

The residents and business community in Nanaimo and Lantzville are excited to welcome Telus fiber optic broadband to their neighborhoods. The Canadian telecommunication service provider, Telus announced an investment of $75million to expand its optical fiber networks to these two areas. With current investment of $75million, Telus intends to cover around ninety percent of Nanaimo, Lantzville, Snuneymuxw First Nation and…

Telecommunication network solution provider, ADTRAN Inc, has been selected by UK’s new fiber optic network operator, Zzoomm as the technology partner. ADTRAN solution would speed up Zzoomm’s 10G FTTH building process in towns and suburbs of the United Kingdom. The partnership will Speed up the process of a full fiber network deployment in the UK. Zzoomm targets to cover 1 million…

Philippine’s incumbent operator, PLDT announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the full year 2018 with Core Net Income of Php26.2 billion and reported net income of Php19.2 billion. On PFRS15 basis, Core and Reported Income stood at Php25.9 billion and Php18.9 billion respectively. 2018 was a breakthrough year for PLDT with all of its main revenue businesses –…

Telia Carrier and Telxius announced a landmark agreement for multi-terabit capacity services combining transatlantic capacity from Telxius in the new 6,600 km MAREA cable system and Telia Carrier’s European backbone...

ZTE has successfully completed the tests on its IP+Optical solutions along with China Mobile. The pilot Projects conducted in five Chinese cities tested the capabilities of ZTE’s SDN based IP+Optical...